In a one page essay, describe the national government created by the Articles of Confederation. What were the advantages and disadvantages of this form of government? What do you feel was the greatest weakness of the Articles of Confederation. What do you think America would be like today if the Articles of Confederation was still our plan for government?

answer; taking up arms to defend the nation;

the committees of correspondence were the american colonies’ means for maintaining communication lines in the years before the revolutionary war. in 1764, boston formed the earliest committee of correspondence to encourage opposition to britain’s stiffening of customs enforcement and prohibition of american paper money. the following year, new york formed a similar committee to keep the other colonies notified of its actions in resisting the stamp act. in 1773, the virginia house of burgesses proposed that each colonial legislature appoint a committee for intercolonial correspondence. the exchanges that followed built solidarity during the turbulent times and bring about the formation of the first continental congress in 1774.